Vegetable-cutter.



Patented lu'ly I, |902.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.y

JOEL O.`IVEY,' SR., OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CURTIS IVEY, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.

' vEcETAeliE-CUTTER.

srncIFIoATIoN forming pare of Letters'ratent No. 703,588, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed Ianuaryl, 1902 Serial No. 90,037. (No model.)

, declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart-to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to vegetable-cutters. The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall'be sim-v pleV of construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and efficient in action.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved vegetablecutter, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the base or chopping-board, having grooves or recesses 3 and 4 formed in its face near its opposite ends.

5 denotes standards consisting of angleplates, the lower ends of which are seated in the groove 4 and the upper ends of which su pport a shaft 7, having screw-threaded ends 8.

9 denotes a clearance-comb, which consists of spring-bars arranged in parallel order and of bow form. The ends of these bars are bent f lis provided with nuts 16 upon its ends, and

l'placedbetwcen the blades or knives at the forward ends are spacing-washers 17.

y18 denotes a shaft secured to the forward extremitiesof thev blades by nuts 20 and pro- .vided with washers 21.

22 denotes a handle-bail, the enids of which are bent at right angles to the body portion and are provided with apertures through which theshafts 15 and 18 extend, so as to iixedly connect said bail Vwith the slicer. A

Vgraspor handle 23is secured to the bail for :reciprocating the slicer.

`vIn operation the knives or blades are elevated and a vegetable placed upon the chopper-board beneath them. Now by drawing the knives downwardly the vegetable will be cut into uniform slices. An upward and rearward movement ofI the blades or knives will free said blades or knives of any vegetable vslices which may tend to cling to the sides of explanation. A

Various changes in the form, proportlon,

and details of constructionmay be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of ythe advantages thereof.

f Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y In a vegetable cutter or Slicer, the combination with a base formed at its opposite ends with longitudinal parallel recesses, of a gang of bow-shaped comb-strips arranged in parallel order and having their lower ends eX- tending horizontally and seating in said recesses and secured thereto, standards consisting of an gle-plates, the lower ends of which are seated inthe recesses -at the rear end of the base, a shaft mounted in said standards, a gang of knives gnounted upon said shafts, washers interposed in series between said knives, shafts extending through lthe forward I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ends of said knives, washers mounted on said my hand in presen ce of subscriblng witnesses.

shafts in series between said knives, a han- J. C. IVEY, SR. die-bail connected to the outer ends of said Witnesses: 5 Shafts and projecting upwardly from the J. L. RUS PRING,

knives at an angle thereto, and a handle se- C. F. NRNBERGER, cured to said bail, substantially as set forth. W. I-I. NURNBERGER. 

